Barnet UNISON calls for the
current plan to decimate our Library Service to be stopped now before further
damage is done. Our members are angry at proposals which look to sack
half of them and then outsource them to another
employer. Every day we hear of another Library closing due to cuts, handing
over the service to volunteers or outsourcing. Enough is enough, there needs to
be a national response to the systemic destruction of the national library
service. Our Borough needs real libraries and real library professionals and
para-professional, only this year our service was given a 96% customer
satisfaction rating. If theLibrary staff less plan is implemented
and staff sacked their absence will see Barnet pay a heavy price in the coming
years as literacy levels fall, accessibility to information is reduced, and
social mobility is further curtailed. Lastly, whilst we appreciate the current
support from Library volunteers we are asking volunteers not to take our jobs away
which is the part of the Barnet Libraries Plan

1 comment:

London Greens send their solidarity to the UNISON strikers in Barnet, you are making a stand for public libraries which are under attack all overLondon and throughout the UK. You are not only defending pay and conditions, but also standing up for education and culture. The abolition of ignorance is a central principle of the welfare state and it should be an aim of local and central government, by defending this you are representing all of us.P.MurrySecretary Green LeftLondon Federation of Green Parties Trade Union Liaison Officer pp GPTU

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